that is how it used to be. we used to always work together. that is the way it used to work. i have a great relationship with my republican colleagues. there are a lot of good republicans up there who are prepared to make principal compromise, not ideologues. i look back and see the guys who have worked with all my life and the women, olympia snowe, colin powell, alan simpson. it used to work. when this election is over we have to get back to doing it again. we have to move together. it is not just that we have additional balance, we have such a gigantic opportunities as a nation. we are so well-positioned relative to the rest of the world. we have made real progress. i had never met to guys who are more negative about the country's and the guys we are running against. we traded 5.4 million private- sector jobs and they say we are in decline. they said we are in decline. housing is up. larger than any time since 2008. we are in decline. exports are up 47%, 500,000 manufacturing jobs. 3 million working kids in college because of pell grants. no matter what those ads say, we di